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and another foreign policy adviser said they have revived another cold war word. listen. >> the reality is that it is opening up huge new vulnerabilities and we are seeing the soviets pushing into the arctic with no response from us. >> well, that is john lennon of the 600 ship davie and did a good job, but the soviets are wrong and with foreign advisers like these, romney does not need any enemies. and we are joined now by chris and michelle. and this lingo is old lingo, czechoslovakia, and soviet union and i remember when the old park in philadelphia was called scheib park and you start to sound like an old geezer? >> yes, and the folks surrounding romney are from george h.w. bush's policy team, and they can't run on the bush era so they go back to the cold war era, but the democrats are making an argument that it is a throwback, but romney is making the argument that in some ways that obama embodies the old soft democrats who are soft when it comes to defense policy and national security. >> and chris, it also seems more dangerous than comical to me, because it
and another foreign policy adviser said they have revived another cold war word. listen. >> the reality is that it is opening up huge new vulnerabilities and we are seeing the soviets pushing into the arctic with no response from us. >> well, that is john lennon of the 600 ship davie and did a good job, but the soviets are wrong and with foreign advisers like these, romney does not need any enemies. and we are joined now by chris and michelle. and this lingo is old lingo,...
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they're the foreign policy equivalent. and they have been in charge essentially of republican party thinking for the last ten or 12 years. and they see romney as the etch-a-sketch by other republicans. they see a guy without much foreign policy experience, and they see a guy who seems to have signed a lot of pledges and on to a lot of positions he didn't have in the past. they think given their track record with people like george w. bush they can push around anybody, especially somebody like what they think mitt is. >> i've done my homework here, look at what he said to make him especially vulnerable. if you don't have a philosophy, and someone comes along with a strong one. with well thought out thinks, that had nothing going on, look in december 27th, romney's foreign policy experience was important. here is what he said. even john mccain could not resist these comments in an anti-romney ad in 2008. >> the following is a mitt romney issue alert. he says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience. >> if we
they're the foreign policy equivalent. and they have been in charge essentially of republican party thinking for the last ten or 12 years. and they see romney as the etch-a-sketch by other republicans. they see a guy without much foreign policy experience, and they see a guy who seems to have signed a lot of pledges and on to a lot of positions he didn't have in the past. they think given their track record with people like george w. bush they can push around anybody, especially somebody like...
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talk about foreign policy. talk about women's issues. >> i got to get back, before a point and a point i will continue to make, i don't think romney has a foreign policy in his soul. take a look at this. bloomberg news wrote, romney's position on the war in afghanistan will be familiar to those who followed him or tried to on healthcare reform. basically i have to read down. to the biggest and -- let me get back to this. let me go back to this. and both these cases, foreign policy, afghanistan and healthcare, he criticizes president barack obama for essentially having the same policy as he himself had. in the case of war of afghanistan, romney has not reversed his former views, possibly because he is new to the foreign policy game and has no former views. his current views insofar as they can be defined again appear almost identical to obamas and where they're not, they're contradictory. that is pretty well written. i have to say, he doesn't have a place to go to the right of. >> here is what i would say. all c
talk about foreign policy. talk about women's issues. >> i got to get back, before a point and a point i will continue to make, i don't think romney has a foreign policy in his soul. take a look at this. bloomberg news wrote, romney's position on the war in afghanistan will be familiar to those who followed him or tried to on healthcare reform. basically i have to read down. to the biggest and -- let me get back to this. let me go back to this. and both these cases, foreign policy,...
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with foreign policy advisers like these, romney doesn't need enemies. chris cillizza is managing editor of post politics.com and author of "the fix." . he's also an msnbc contributor. i read hymn all the time. you are both young. i have to tell you, this lingo is familiar to my ears. you know? the free world, the soviets, czechoslovakia. i understand how you get -- my grandpa used to call connie mack stadium shibe park because 100 years before that's what it was called. you begin to sound like a geezer and a little out of it. >> it's true. a lot of the folks surrounding mitt romney are from george h.w. bush's foreign policy team. sometimes you feel like they can't run on the rhetoric of george w. bush. i think obviously the democrats making this argument that this is a throwback. you also see romney trying to make the argument that in some ways obama embodies the old, soft democrats who are soft when it comes to defense policy and national security. >> well, chris, it also seems more dangerous than come cal to me. it seems like neoconservatives which th
with foreign policy advisers like these, romney doesn't need enemies. chris cillizza is managing editor of post politics.com and author of "the fix." . he's also an msnbc contributor. i read hymn all the time. you are both young. i have to tell you, this lingo is familiar to my ears. you know? the free world, the soviets, czechoslovakia. i understand how you get -- my grandpa used to call connie mack stadium shibe park because 100 years before that's what it was called. you begin to...
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they are applying that, they have applied that to foreign policy. never bothered to sit down and lay out a comprehensive and coherent foreign policy vision. what he's done, the krilts sism of obama he reacts to event bs, what romney does is react to obama's reaction to events. whatever obama's posture is he tries to maneuver into a position to say obama is weak, obama is jimmy carter about because when you're the republican it's 1979 the democratic president is always jimmy carter. the perfect example how he handled libya. when the libya thing started a year and a half ago, the first response from mitt romney, when obama agreed to the mission, the first response from mitt romney was, too late, and this isn't enough. he criticized him. weaknessp. he wouldn't address it. ducking reporters. then he starts warning couple months later, this mission, this is too broad. now mission creep. we're losing sight of what we need to be doing. he even starts suggesting do we even know if it's a good idea to be taking gadhafi out. then gadhafi is out. gadhafi's gon
they are applying that, they have applied that to foreign policy. never bothered to sit down and lay out a comprehensive and coherent foreign policy vision. what he's done, the krilts sism of obama he reacts to event bs, what romney does is react to obama's reaction to events. whatever obama's posture is he tries to maneuver into a position to say obama is weak, obama is jimmy carter about because when you're the republican it's 1979 the democratic president is always jimmy carter. the perfect...
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but, governor, when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s, just like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of the 1920s. >> candidates were in agreement on a lot of issues last night including on the exit strategy in afghanistan. surprising because governor romney criticized the past for announcing a timeline of 2014 saying he would instead consult military commanders on the ground and be flexible about it. last night romney sided with president obama's plan to pull those troops out by 2014. >> we will be finished by 2014. and when i'm president, we'll make sure we bring our troops out by the end of 2014. the commanders and the generals there are on track to do so. we've seen progress over the past several years. the surge has been successful. the training program is proceeding at pace. there are now a large number of afghan security forces, 350,000 that are ready to step in to provide security. and we'll be able to make that transition by the end of 2014. >> on the question of handling iran and its nuclear pro
but, governor, when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s, just like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of the 1920s. >> candidates were in agreement on a lot of issues last night including on the exit strategy in afghanistan. surprising because governor romney criticized the past for announcing a timeline of 2014 saying he would instead consult military commanders on the ground and be flexible about it. last...
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mitt romney did not mention the issue of foreign policy in his closing statement at the foreign policy debate last night. this is not his field. and he's not pretending that it is. he doesn't want it to be his field. nobody has perfect foresight about what their presidency is going to be like. what they are going to have the option of working on or not working on. but the pressing nature of this issue now is not that it's hypothetical. it's about seeing what's going on right now. we are still actively coping with one of the foreign policy disasters left over from the last time a guy said he didn't want to work on this as an issue. if you take the issue of afghanistan, which you'll have to take on if you want to be president, this was the republican nominee's position on afghanistan right up until last night. >> in afghanistan the surge was right. but announcing a withdrawal date, that was wrong. the taliban may not have watches, but they do have calendars. >> the biggest mistake he's made in afghanistan for one, announcing a specific date that we would withdrew. >> this president annou
mitt romney did not mention the issue of foreign policy in his closing statement at the foreign policy debate last night. this is not his field. and he's not pretending that it is. he doesn't want it to be his field. nobody has perfect foresight about what their presidency is going to be like. what they are going to have the option of working on or not working on. but the pressing nature of this issue now is not that it's hypothetical. it's about seeing what's going on right now. we are still...
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foreign policy has been off the radar. iraq and troop withdrawal is important, but at the end of the day, it is economy. the president if he has gone on the bus tours and used the bully bull pit to emphasize two things. i'm on it with the economy and part of that is we have a jobs bill. the second part is obstructionism. the gop every step of the way, they vote everything down. even bits and pieces that are gop friendly. what can we do? we are trying to get a handle on the economy and move things ahead. we are trying to put people back to work. we are trying to really get things going on the job and the economic front and we have so many opponents on the other side. the president has turned it back around with harry truman. >> we greatly appreciate it and will be talking with you both. much more ahead. thank you. coming up, we will get the latest from libya and the fight over gadhafi's body. and we are learning the is being kept in a commercial freezer. people are allowed to go in and get a glimpse of the man who was once
foreign policy has been off the radar. iraq and troop withdrawal is important, but at the end of the day, it is economy. the president if he has gone on the bus tours and used the bully bull pit to emphasize two things. i'm on it with the economy and part of that is we have a jobs bill. the second part is obstructionism. the gop every step of the way, they vote everything down. even bits and pieces that are gop friendly. what can we do? we are trying to get a handle on the economy and move...
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but governor, when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of it is 1920s. >> that was a great line, but he went on to accuse mitt romney of having the foreign policy of both george w. bush and obama. i'm confused. how can mitt romney's foreign policy span three decades and three different presidents? >> he also got the ships going under the water. submarines are boats, with na corrected as well. i've watched the network all day preparing for. this you cannot accuse governor romney of being too close to president obama on policies and say his policies are from 1980s. that doesn't work. i was in the 1980s, and i liked how it ran. we were on top of things. we started cutbacks under reagan. he took cuts during the time he was in office. we were actually doing things well, and that's why we talked about the navy. the navy was effective back then, 500-ship navy. there were things they were trying to draw out of governor romney, that don't play well when you get to the redeta
but governor, when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of it is 1920s. >> that was a great line, but he went on to accuse mitt romney of having the foreign policy of both george w. bush and obama. i'm confused. how can mitt romney's foreign policy span three decades and three different presidents? >> he also got the ships going under the water. submarines are...
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our foreign policy you want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s like the social policies of the 1950s and economic policies of the 1920s. you mentioned the navy, for example, and we have fewer ships than in 1916. governor we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. we have these things called aircraft carriers with planes land on them, we have ships that go under water, nuclear submarines. the question is not a game of battleship where we're counting ships. it's what are our capabilities. >> here with a look at last night's final matchup, host of bravo's "inside the actor's studio" the legendary james lipton. i am -- as always, curious to find out what your assess ment of the performances was last night. let's start with governor romney if we might. what did his demeanor, the sweatiness, his behavior on stage last night say to you? >> the key word here is sweatiness. there's a word in our lexicon, the theatrical lexicon, flop sweat. he was -- he had that problem early on in the campaign when you felt he was tap dancing as fast as he cou
our foreign policy you want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s like the social policies of the 1950s and economic policies of the 1920s. you mentioned the navy, for example, and we have fewer ships than in 1916. governor we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. we have these things called aircraft carriers with planes land on them, we have ships that go under water, nuclear submarines. the question is not a game of battleship where we're...
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and foreign policy but also in trying to reengage libya a. new libya, and change the relationship that had been frankly hostile. he was the best of the american diplomats. he knew the streets as well as the elites. he knew the language and culture and he got it. at this critical juncture in defining what succeeds some of the world's leading autocrats. he was helping the issues involved in a new constitution, to help them understand the rule of law, and to help them deal with the issues of development and how do you help them imemploy, many of the men who were in militias, and that are still in the cities, so he was still playing an important role. >> how does something like this happen? >> well, look, one of the great problems across the region, not just in libya and egypt, is the emergence of ultraconservative radicals and they represent a small segment of society but want many of the things that al qaeda did politically, and that's to take society back to the days of the founding of the faith in the seventh century. this film was inflammato
and foreign policy but also in trying to reengage libya a. new libya, and change the relationship that had been frankly hostile. he was the best of the american diplomats. he knew the streets as well as the elites. he knew the language and culture and he got it. at this critical juncture in defining what succeeds some of the world's leading autocrats. he was helping the issues involved in a new constitution, to help them understand the rule of law, and to help them deal with the issues of...
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romney's own top foreign policy advisers, have no idea what he would do about foreign policy if he were elected president. has there ever been a campaign where one side just forfeited on this subject? year 12 of the longest war in american history is starting this week. the president's afghanistan war plans are hard to explain, let alone to square with public opinion. this ought to be a foreign policy election. but on what is supposed to be mitt romney's big foreign policy day today, it has never been more clear that it really truly is not. >>> drones and modern instruments of war are important tools in our fight, but they are it no substitute for a national security strategy for the middle east. i'll restore the permanent presence of task forces in both the eastern mediterranean and the gulf. i'll restore our navy to the size needed by building 15 ships per year. the route to war and to potential attacks here at home is a politically-timed retreat that boons the afghan people to the same extremists who ravaged their country. i'll evaluate conditions on the ground and weigh the best adv
romney's own top foreign policy advisers, have no idea what he would do about foreign policy if he were elected president. has there ever been a campaign where one side just forfeited on this subject? year 12 of the longest war in american history is starting this week. the president's afghanistan war plans are hard to explain, let alone to square with public opinion. this ought to be a foreign policy election. but on what is supposed to be mitt romney's big foreign policy day today, it has...
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romney's own top foreign policy advisers, have no idea what he would do about foreign policy if he were elected president. has there ever been a campaign where one side just forfeited on this subject? year 12 of the longest war in american history is starting this week. the president's afghanistan war plans are hard to explain, let alone to square with public opinion. this ought to be a foreign policy election. but on what is supposed to be mitt romney's big foreign policy day today, it has never been more clear that it really truly is not. ou turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. whatever your business challenge, when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more s
romney's own top foreign policy advisers, have no idea what he would do about foreign policy if he were elected president. has there ever been a campaign where one side just forfeited on this subject? year 12 of the longest war in american history is starting this week. the president's afghanistan war plans are hard to explain, let alone to square with public opinion. this ought to be a foreign policy election. but on what is supposed to be mitt romney's big foreign policy day today, it has...
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today romney foreign policy advisor told buzz feed that the whole issue of foreign policy is, and i quote, a distraction. even then he called it something worse than that. it doesn't surprise me the obama campaign is raising foreign policy buzz it's another distraction from the terrible economic record. he then went on to say, e quote, they are going from one shiny object to the next. to be clear, the shiny object he's talking about here is the foreign policy of the united states. he's suggesting that his candidate will not be distracted into talking about something like that it while he's running for president of the united states. why should americans then vote for a man for president who thinks a foreign policy as a distraction as a shiny object? the romney campaign has an answer for that too explaining to buzz feed that mr. romney should not be underestimated on the subject of foreign policy. quote, he's a well traveled businessman. he lived overseas as a young man. what that referenced to, he spent time as a missionary in france. the advisor continues, mr. romney speaks french. he un
today romney foreign policy advisor told buzz feed that the whole issue of foreign policy is, and i quote, a distraction. even then he called it something worse than that. it doesn't surprise me the obama campaign is raising foreign policy buzz it's another distraction from the terrible economic record. he then went on to say, e quote, they are going from one shiny object to the next. to be clear, the shiny object he's talking about here is the foreign policy of the united states. he's...
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tonight will be on foreign policy. it will be a different kind of debate i think and a lot of people will tune in. >> tonight's debate will not stop them, however, john from spending every possible penny they can continuing to inundate the air waves. how concern are your in these closing days that that strategy will turn off voters? >> you got to have the resources to win. i think the senator's point, this debate can be very important. what we saw in 1976 with jimmy carter and jerry ford, jerry ford on foreign policy made a big blunder. foreign policy does -- when you give the reins of government to somebody you have to have the sense they understand how to run the country and do foreign policy policy. this debate could prove crucial. at the end of the day you both to spend every dime you got get people out. >> great to see both of you. thank you. also making news this morning, cycling's governing body agreed to strip lance armstrong of his seven tour de france titles and ban him for life in light of the new dropping s
tonight will be on foreign policy. it will be a different kind of debate i think and a lot of people will tune in. >> tonight's debate will not stop them, however, john from spending every possible penny they can continuing to inundate the air waves. how concern are your in these closing days that that strategy will turn off voters? >> you got to have the resources to win. i think the senator's point, this debate can be very important. what we saw in 1976 with jimmy carter and jerry...
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as foreign policy dumb as they think. >> what's the right time? foreign policy is not the grounds on which republicans are choosing their presidential candidate this year. the uzbekistan guy is of course herman cain who is roughly tied for first place with mitt romney. like mr. cain, mr. romney has zero foreign policy experience for his team of advisers, he's brought back the george w. bush's team because that worked out awesome the last time. the only republican presidential contender with claim to foreign policy experience is jon huntsman, the obama administration's ambassador to china and currently polling at levels measured in individual supporters rather than in percentages. in one recent poll literally the number of individuals found in iowa to be supporting jon huntsman's candidacy could be counted on one hand. not the percentage. the people. so, no, american politics and republican party politics in particular are not this year about foreign policy. if we were debating foreign policy, though, there would be a lot to debate about. we're at
as foreign policy dumb as they think. >> what's the right time? foreign policy is not the grounds on which republicans are choosing their presidential candidate this year. the uzbekistan guy is of course herman cain who is roughly tied for first place with mitt romney. like mr. cain, mr. romney has zero foreign policy experience for his team of advisers, he's brought back the george w. bush's team because that worked out awesome the last time. the only republican presidential contender...
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policy, i think more than the specific issues, what foreign policy does for obama -- this was a problem he had in 2008, it establishes him as fundamentally presidential. if you look what happened in terms of the bifurcation of the obama campaign, the west wing has been totally scooped out, the political folks scooped out and shipped to chicago. the folks representing in the west wing are people more conversant with foreign policy. jay carney was chosen as white house press secretary because of his foreign policy chops. this is the image they want to project. >> it's true. the tale of two cities, a campaign fumbling for a grip and message traction over the last couple weeks since the ann romney encounter a couple weeks ago. i agree with your assessment in terms of being a presidential stature level issue, foreign policy could serve that purpose for the president. on the flip side, he's going on jimmy fallon and in some measure demeaning the office of the president in a way that we can argue about whether that's an appropriate strategy or not. that's a divergent tale that doesn't show up
policy, i think more than the specific issues, what foreign policy does for obama -- this was a problem he had in 2008, it establishes him as fundamentally presidential. if you look what happened in terms of the bifurcation of the obama campaign, the west wing has been totally scooped out, the political folks scooped out and shipped to chicago. the folks representing in the west wing are people more conversant with foreign policy. jay carney was chosen as white house press secretary because of...
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on foreign policy to a foreign policy advantage. so it is very curious to me why the romney campaign would be doing something that not only hurts national security i think as karen pointed out but seems to be politically very maladept at the same time. >> quickly, karen. >> i think they're making a miscalculation this is a quick political hit they can make on the surface. it is more complicated because of domestic and political issues in each of the countries. >> thank you both. stay with us. we have much more ahead. >> you know, i would be tempted to go back to that wonderful line by ronald reagan, there you go again, but you can't use something -- >> said that about you the other day at the democratic convention. >> i didn't happen to see that. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty
on foreign policy to a foreign policy advantage. so it is very curious to me why the romney campaign would be doing something that not only hurts national security i think as karen pointed out but seems to be politically very maladept at the same time. >> quickly, karen. >> i think they're making a miscalculation this is a quick political hit they can make on the surface. it is more complicated because of domestic and political issues in each of the countries. >> thank you...
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they don't have the credibility to lodge attacks against this president on his foreign policy. he has done what he promised to do and has been the president he told us he would be. it's time for republicans to stand up and listen to americans and realize that it's time for us to move together and move together forward. i just don't understand some of the attacks that are coming. >> please stay with us. we will have more in a few moments. now to the end of the trading week, earlier stocks spiked on positive third quarter earnings from big u.s. companies. here is more with the cnbc market wrap. >> we will take a look at how stocks are doing right now. it is a green as good friday looking at the major averages. the dow up and the s&p up over 17 points and the nasdaq up about 25 points. how about a shot in the arm with promising news. unemployment rates fell in half of u.s. states last month. nationwide employers added about 103,000 jobs in september, nearly double the number created in august. first in business worldwide. we installed a ge fleet monitoring system. it tracks every
they don't have the credibility to lodge attacks against this president on his foreign policy. he has done what he promised to do and has been the president he told us he would be. it's time for republicans to stand up and listen to americans and realize that it's time for us to move together and move together forward. i just don't understand some of the attacks that are coming. >> please stay with us. we will have more in a few moments. now to the end of the trading week, earlier stocks...
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i have not seen a more reckless foreign policy since president carter. >> feckless foreign policy? does the al qaeda think the president is a feckless failure? rudy giuliani, once called america's mayor, went down to ground zero and criticized the president on iran. >> there has to be a sense of urgency about stopping them instead of this almost irrational desire to negotiate with them. they have to be afraid of us if we're going to stop them. and i'm not certain that's the case right now. >> look, criticizing the president's foreign policy is fine. but doing it on september 11th and from ground zero? that's really too much. and yesterday former vice president dick cheney claimed americans were, quote, offended at what he called president obama's effort to take sole credit for the killing of osama bin laden. that's not true either. president obama praises the s.e.a.l.s who killed bin laden every chance he gets. the truth is, republicans are desperate because for the first time in decades, they can't pretend like they are trusted on the issue of national security. for years they've
i have not seen a more reckless foreign policy since president carter. >> feckless foreign policy? does the al qaeda think the president is a feckless failure? rudy giuliani, once called america's mayor, went down to ground zero and criticized the president on iran. >> there has to be a sense of urgency about stopping them instead of this almost irrational desire to negotiate with them. they have to be afraid of us if we're going to stop them. and i'm not certain that's the case...
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his trip -- on foreign policy, his trip to the london olympics didn't go very well. had a lot of gaffes. he went to israel and accidentally insulted the palestinians, and now he jumped on the political dimension of a national tragedy much too quickly, in a way that created a really significant backlash. he doesn't come to the campaign with very much foreign policy experience, so at what point is there a danger of having assigned a narrative that he's not to use hillary clinton campaigns' formulation, the guy you want answering the 3:00 a.m. phone call? >> i think that's the narrative the obama campaign is driving. he doesn't have less foreign policy experience than, say, barack obama had before, you know, he worked in international business, he's talked to people at a high level in that world for a long time, as much as bill clinton, as many presidents did, before taking office. i think there's a bind on republican foreign policy right now, which is that in their heart, what they want to say is that who lost egypt, who lost libya. you know, we need to be in a muscula
his trip -- on foreign policy, his trip to the london olympics didn't go very well. had a lot of gaffes. he went to israel and accidentally insulted the palestinians, and now he jumped on the political dimension of a national tragedy much too quickly, in a way that created a really significant backlash. he doesn't come to the campaign with very much foreign policy experience, so at what point is there a danger of having assigned a narrative that he's not to use hillary clinton campaigns'...
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bush foreign policy apparatus. he's even picked the ones you would think could really never work in washington again. for example, do you remember the lie making into president bush's state of the union address? >> the british government has learned is-- >> the whole uranium from africa thing is traced back in the bush administration in terms of who they blame getting into the speech. traced back to a man named robert joseph, a specific guy in the white house who reportedly pushed the white house to include the year rain yaum from after hi -- it should not have been in the state of the union address or used as evidence for why she would go to war. if you were the guy responsible for that, we do not banish people in this country. you're not going to be exiled. you can't work on anymore talking about people getting uranium from africa. you can't be that guy. you can't work on proliferation anymore. it is the one thing you have not only discredited yourself but by your actions you basically discredited our entire coun
bush foreign policy apparatus. he's even picked the ones you would think could really never work in washington again. for example, do you remember the lie making into president bush's state of the union address? >> the british government has learned is-- >> the whole uranium from africa thing is traced back in the bush administration in terms of who they blame getting into the speech. traced back to a man named robert joseph, a specific guy in the white house who reportedly pushed...
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let's talk about foreign policy, andrea mitchell. the president in his weekly radio address tried to frame the events of this week in a way that really went to his leadership moment for him. this is what he said. >> this week, we had two powerful reminders of how we've renewed american leadership in the world. i was proud to nouns that, as promised, the rest of our troops in iraq will come home by the end of this year. and in libya, the death of moammar gadhafi shows that our role in protecting the libyan people and helping them break free from a tyrant, was the right thing to do. >> is this a big moment for him? and does it last? >> it's a big moment. whether it lasts is another question. i don't think he's vulnerable on libya. because that could dissolve into tribal warfare, civil war, we've seen human rights abuses already. so there's no civil society. there's no justice system. but, they -- it's very hard to blame barack obama for that. people were upset at him for a relatively inexpensive military engagement and leading from beh
let's talk about foreign policy, andrea mitchell. the president in his weekly radio address tried to frame the events of this week in a way that really went to his leadership moment for him. this is what he said. >> this week, we had two powerful reminders of how we've renewed american leadership in the world. i was proud to nouns that, as promised, the rest of our troops in iraq will come home by the end of this year. and in libya, the death of moammar gadhafi shows that our role in...
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especially on foreign policy. unlike -- we can at least look at his record as governor of massachusetts and make some judgments. in this case on foreign policy, he is a blank slate, and we can only go by the things he said because he's never had a chance to practice foreign policy in the past. i'll say last night we talked about that interview yesterday on your show before the debate where i brought it up, and, you know, he's basically endorsing a first strike against -- not basically -- he is, in fact, endorsing a first strike against iran, a very bellicose posture. last night he sounded -- maybe not totally mcgovernite but barack obamaite. he was endorsing the president's position. i thought i heard somewhere the sound of sheldon adelson and maybe john bolton choking on a pretzel last night. the neocons must not be happy with that new language. it's the case that the country is weary of war. he knows if he's going to win over the undecideds left in the battleground states, he can't come across like someone who i
especially on foreign policy. unlike -- we can at least look at his record as governor of massachusetts and make some judgments. in this case on foreign policy, he is a blank slate, and we can only go by the things he said because he's never had a chance to practice foreign policy in the past. i'll say last night we talked about that interview yesterday on your show before the debate where i brought it up, and, you know, he's basically endorsing a first strike against -- not basically -- he is,...
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be. >> my foreign policy has three fundamental branches. first, confidence in our cause. a recognition that the principles america was based upon are not something we shrink from or apologize for. that we stand for those principles. the second is clarity in our purpose which is that when we have a foreign policy objective, we describe it honestly and clearly to the american people, to congress, and to the people of the world. and number three is resolve in our might. that in those rare circumstances, those rare circumstances where we decide it's essential for us to apply military might, that we do so with overwhelming force, that we do so in the clarity of a mission, understanding the nature of the u.s. interest involved, understanding when the mission would be complete, what would be left when it is -- what will be left behind us when that mission has been terminated. >> governor romney basically said there that his foreign policy is america is awesome. and it needs to be confident in how awesome it is, clear in communicating its general a
be. >> my foreign policy has three fundamental branches. first, confidence in our cause. a recognition that the principles america was based upon are not something we shrink from or apologize for. that we stand for those principles. the second is clarity in our purpose which is that when we have a foreign policy objective, we describe it honestly and clearly to the american people, to congress, and to the people of the world. and number three is resolve in our might. that in those rare...
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policy and don't follow foreign policy closely. but for americans who care about american power in the world, who care about not just what we can project with our military, but the rest of our power too. how important was richard holbrooke to understanding that? >> i think he was extremely important, there are a lot of different factions in the foreign policy area. there are those that worry just about weapons systems and armies and realists. richard really focused on great humanitarian causes. and democracy and global justice. and i often found myself a critic of this field thinking that many people in the global justice community couldn't organize themselves out of a box. and i mean that politely. richard understood the importance of a playbook. understood the importance of how to organize to achieve results. i never met anyone more tenaciously committed to delivering on results. and negotiating and doing whatever had to be done to achieve positive outcomes. and sometimes people get lost in the methods and means, and thinking tha
policy and don't follow foreign policy closely. but for americans who care about american power in the world, who care about not just what we can project with our military, but the rest of our power too. how important was richard holbrooke to understanding that? >> i think he was extremely important, there are a lot of different factions in the foreign policy area. there are those that worry just about weapons systems and armies and realists. richard really focused on great humanitarian...
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policy every time he dipped his toe in the foreign policy area. that's coming from jen psaki. a zinger there. recent polls show that romney closing the gap. should it be a wake-up call for the president, the campaign that mitt romney thinks that the fight over foreign policy is one he's willing to take on? >> you know, i think we'll have to wait and see what governor romney says before we determine that. foreign policy, there's a lot to say that sounds great in rhetoric and platitudes and hearing plenty of governor romney and really about the approach and the policy and just in the previews i have heard a lot of the rhetoric is a little bit different but the underlying policies are very similar. i mean, the kinds of things i think the governor will recommend sound like things that are already happening and continuously hearing governor talk he doesn't seem to understand or speak to, you know, with china. it is not just currency manipulation and trade to worry about or deal with china on. it's also china involved in what's happening in the middle e
policy every time he dipped his toe in the foreign policy area. that's coming from jen psaki. a zinger there. recent polls show that romney closing the gap. should it be a wake-up call for the president, the campaign that mitt romney thinks that the fight over foreign policy is one he's willing to take on? >> you know, i think we'll have to wait and see what governor romney says before we determine that. foreign policy, there's a lot to say that sounds great in rhetoric and platitudes and...
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even foreign policy, joe biden's comment, killing obama does not make a foreign policy. we all applaud that. we aplay the men and women who worked on that, but in the end what mitt romney stands for, what he represents is a time honored tradition, except for barack obama and jimmy carter. that's peace through strength. that was john kennedy's mantra, ronald reagan's mantra, and same questioning, are you better off today than four years ago? you can ask the same questions in foreign policy. is iran further from getting an atomic weapon, or has it moved perilously closer by this president's continued focus without precondition. this president negotiated a treat and we get a rocket -- so if you look at the record, one of a lack of strength, and time honored tradition, peace through strength. >>> let me -- i was struck by the biden speech, so i want to play more of it. this is him criticizing the romney's foreign policy. i want to ask you about when it when we come back. >> we know governor romney reflexively criticizes the president's policy, without offering any specific a
even foreign policy, joe biden's comment, killing obama does not make a foreign policy. we all applaud that. we aplay the men and women who worked on that, but in the end what mitt romney stands for, what he represents is a time honored tradition, except for barack obama and jimmy carter. that's peace through strength. that was john kennedy's mantra, ronald reagan's mantra, and same questioning, are you better off today than four years ago? you can ask the same questions in foreign policy. is...
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crowley, and foreign policy's susan glasser. thanks for your time, guys. >>> we will have more "now" after the break. on my driver's seat. this is my car. who are you? i'm the second owner. the what? i will own this car after you. look, i'm not telling you how to drive our car. our car? if you're gonna have a latte in the car, keep a lid on it. it's a cappuccino. still needs a lid. [ male announcer ] the highest-quality cars plus an exceptional certified pre-owned program. good news for the second owner. take care of my car! [ male announcer ] experience the summer of audi event by september 4th with 1.9% apr for 60 months and a complimentary first month's payment on certified pre-owned audi models. >>> we are back to discuss the most important and underdiscussed domestic policy concern this week which is of course that paul ryan is lying about his marathon times. >> i think it's a huge error for him to upstage clint eastwood. >> how do you lie about your marathon times and shave an hour off of them? >> here's the problem for hi
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foreign policy. there doesn't seem to be a lot of daylight on fundamental issues. >> this is an important point. actually mitt romney is a bigamistry to us when it comes to foreign policy. in part because republicans are at war amongst themselves. they are not just fighting with barack obama and democrats over what kind of foreign policy e they should have. on the one hand within romney's campaign you have neocon advisers who represent the soul and spirit of bush and cheney. you have tea party types who say let's focus on rebuilding our economy and america at home. and a third category of classic republican realists, if you will, who are more of the liberal internationalist variety. you have all these groups fighting for romney. amazing quotes even in the new york times today from a leading republican foreign policy advocate saying basically, well, we don't know which one romney is. we'd like to say would the real mitt romney stand up. that's from his allies. there is no wonder we are confused about
foreign policy. there doesn't seem to be a lot of daylight on fundamental issues. >> this is an important point. actually mitt romney is a bigamistry to us when it comes to foreign policy. in part because republicans are at war amongst themselves. they are not just fighting with barack obama and democrats over what kind of foreign policy e they should have. on the one hand within romney's campaign you have neocon advisers who represent the soul and spirit of bush and cheney. you have tea...
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but the fact is he's shown a lot of results, and then when you look at foreign policy, i know we're in -- an intractable situation in afghanistan, but the reality is the reputation of the united states, around the world, has improved immeasurably. he's going to the g-20 summit. they're all going to listen to him. they take him seriously, which was not the case in the last eight years with push. we're getting out of iraq, and we're going to figure out what to to with afghanistan, too -- what to do with afghanistan, too, even though it's one of the most difficult foreign policy con undra that any administration has faced. >> and jim van de high, he's giving a speech. the legislative trick victory coming up next week on wall street which everybody's going to support, looks like an energy buzz, good shot between now and election day because of the concern about we've got to do some being current energy need and long-term nodes. yet we've got the atmospherics of a weak economy and the oil spill. how do you put it together? is it better this he got this done than not? all that he's gotten do
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to change foreign policy. they're going to do it because of the economy especially those independents who could go either way. they're not hanging on his every word. >> they hate obama more than they do al qaeda? >> well. >> i mean they don't hate al qaeda. >> i don't want to make that comparison. >> a few days ago i was talking to someone about the obama campaign about the last debate and their whole message was to hit the theme we're bringing troops home and he wants troops to stay in afghanistan and iraq. that's what obama wanted to do. tonight the romney campaign made it harder for them to make that argument because he kept saying whatever you want. whatever you want mr. president. >> this is his peaceful talk tonight. let's watch. >> our purpose is to make sure the world is peaceful. the mantle for promoting the principles of peace is falling to america. we didn't ask for it but it's an honor that we have it. for us to promote those principles of peace requires up to be strong. that begins with a strong e
to change foreign policy. they're going to do it because of the economy especially those independents who could go either way. they're not hanging on his every word. >> they hate obama more than they do al qaeda? >> well. >> i mean they don't hate al qaeda. >> i don't want to make that comparison. >> a few days ago i was talking to someone about the obama campaign about the last debate and their whole message was to hit the theme we're bringing troops home and he...
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we cannot make foreign policy snap judgments. you have to get the facts, find out who was responsible here, before we even decide what the appropriate action will be. and i have confidence that when we do, the president working with the libyan government and the egyptian government will take the right action. >> and to john's point about the sort of risk these diplomats take on, you know, that statement that was released in egypt was as much as anything else an attempt to save lives. >> sure. >> say look, we were a he going to try to put this broken thing back together so that nobody is hurt. and for romney not only to sort of not understand that, but then to use that as a line of attack and criticism, is fairly shocking. you know, the other big looming question is, why romney -- setting aside the sort of political gain he may get from this, i don't know from where, foreign policy has been a weak area for romney and this cements he's out of his league. >> this is one of the weakest republican ticket on foreign policy in decades.
we cannot make foreign policy snap judgments. you have to get the facts, find out who was responsible here, before we even decide what the appropriate action will be. and i have confidence that when we do, the president working with the libyan government and the egyptian government will take the right action. >> and to john's point about the sort of risk these diplomats take on, you know, that statement that was released in egypt was as much as anything else an attempt to save lives....
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but my point is, would there be a change in foreign policy? no, there would not be. would either one of them work on a true audit of the fed and change in monetary policy that the federal reserve can't monetize debt? no. would they address the entitlement system? would they ever address either one, that we should have concern about our debt, and cut something like a trillion dollars because we're on the road to fiscal insanity, and a breakdown of the world financial market? no. there would not be a significant difference between the two, although on the edges, maybe. i think mitt romney now is probably very sincere about his right-to-life issue, and probably on the tax issues there would be some differences. but the big issues, the big policies, regardless, i mean, obama was elected as a peace candidate, and he expanded the war. and he goes into war without any congressional approval. i mean when the republicans get in and they're against, you know, regulations, they give you no child left behind, prescription drug programs, and sarbanes/oxly. so, no, the regulatory
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again, it's on foreign policy. it has a good chance to equate foreign policy to our nation's economy. and he can turn the equation back on that, even though we are going to be talking about libya and other important things. i think when he does that, he scores points with the viewers. part of the reason, i think obama actually has a hard time talking about a future agenda because the one he has put in place for the past four years haven't resulted in big economic improvements. it's just cut and dry. we haven't seen jobless numbers improve all that much. we haven't seen the economy bounce back all that much. i think people are really hurting out there. thus, it makes it hard for obama to talk about continuing with those same policies, which is why you hear him with the heavy-duty criticisms and the romnesia and all that stuff. because it is hard for him to talk about his own agenda. if it had been working, it would be a different story. >> perfect, perfects point of view. we're going to talk about romnesia, brain tr
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that's what foreign policy is about. war isn't a policy. we have no idea what the mullahs plan to do if we attack. they could unleash hezbollah and it's tens of thousands of rockets on israel, unlash hamas in gaza forcing israel to invade killing any number of civilians. where would we be then? mr. romney's performance in foreign affairs to shhis shoot first and request questions later suggests a bull who brings his china shop with him. i'm joined by "the huffington post" howard fineman, john heilemann, and delaware attorney general beau biden. our special guest must be given the first question. you will not like this question, sir, mr. attorney general. >> it's "hardball." >> general, can i call you general? >> beau is good. >> thank you. >> does romney win if it's a tie tonight? does he win if it's a tie? >> the president is going to be the strong decisive commander in chief he always has been and talk about how he has been such a -- look, he's been the most strong commander in chief in mylitime. he said what he said he was going to do. h
that's what foreign policy is about. war isn't a policy. we have no idea what the mullahs plan to do if we attack. they could unleash hezbollah and it's tens of thousands of rockets on israel, unlash hamas in gaza forcing israel to invade killing any number of civilians. where would we be then? mr. romney's performance in foreign affairs to shhis shoot first and request questions later suggests a bull who brings his china shop with him. i'm joined by "the huffington post" howard...
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policy last night but also on domestic policy the dirty little secret of foreign policy in particular is continuity. there's a lot of countntinuity between obama and romney and a lot between obama and george w. bush, drone strikes and the way we got out of iraq. >> he doesn't want to talk about that. >> guantanamo is still -- >> that's the nature of foreign policy. i think romney took advantage of that somewhat, you know, last night. obama wanted a slug fest on these issues. i think that romney ended up clenching him a lot as you would in a fight and i think that -- the president was left to accuse romney of being a flip flopper, but if he changed he was changing to positions that were more sustainable and popular. and more mainstream in some ways and that i think ends up to his advantage. that is the nature of the foreign policy debates. >> now about turnout and early voting. sure and look, i actually think a lot of talk about momentum in this race where the momentum is and isn't. the race has returned to where it with you before the conventions. >> i agree with that. >> i told some
policy last night but also on domestic policy the dirty little secret of foreign policy in particular is continuity. there's a lot of countntinuity between obama and romney and a lot between obama and george w. bush, drone strikes and the way we got out of iraq. >> he doesn't want to talk about that. >> guantanamo is still -- >> that's the nature of foreign policy. i think romney took advantage of that somewhat, you know, last night. obama wanted a slug fest on these issues. i...
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we heard a lot of focus on the military and foreign policy. since you're on the veterans affairs committee i want to play for you a couple of clips that we heard last night. >> my opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy. you don't call russia our number one enemy, not al qaeda, russia unless you're still stuck in a cold war mind warp. you might not be ready for diplomacy with beijing if you can't visit the olympics without insulting our closeest ali. ask osama bin laden if he's better of now than he was four years ago. >> will those lines matter to voters? >> think they will. we are now ending the war in afghanistan, the war in iraq is over, our troops are home. but the point that obama and biden both made is that a lot of men and women came home from those wars, wounded in body, wounded in spirit. we have a moral obligation to make sure that they get the benefits and the health care that they are entitled to and it really was pretty amazing that mr. romney forgot to talk about those wars and the men and women who sacrificed in
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people aren't in to the deep weeds of foreign policy. most people don't know where mbenbenghazi is after all but looking for who gives the impression of being the commander in chief. who's in command of the facts? who seems to know the world and know their place in the world? and in that realm obama was clearly, clearly ahead here. mitt romney -- >> i actually -- >> what he was going to be was barack obama and do what barack obama's doing but somehow because he was doing it it would work better. >> megan, you want to jump in? >> yeah. i thought president obama looked petty especially talking about the '80s called an they want their foreign policy back and i'm glad you care about al qaeda. i thought he seemed very petty and unpresidential in those statements and if you were just watching the debate simply on form and style, i think that mitt romney definitely came across looking more presidential. >> ron? >> absolute disagreement. mitt romney had nothing to say about most issues. he didn't go after the president on benghazi or libya becau
people aren't in to the deep weeds of foreign policy. most people don't know where mbenbenghazi is after all but looking for who gives the impression of being the commander in chief. who's in command of the facts? who seems to know the world and know their place in the world? and in that realm obama was clearly, clearly ahead here. mitt romney -- >> i actually -- >> what he was going to be was barack obama and do what barack obama's doing but somehow because he was doing it it would...